Strong's Lexicon

H707

H707 — אָרַג

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewaragverb-stemOccurrences: 13TWOT: 157

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H707
Word:	אָרַג
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	arag
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-rag'
Meaning:	1. to plait or weave
KJV Renderings:	weaver(-r).

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אָרַג verb weave (Mishna id. compare Phoenician ארג weaver) —

Qal Imperfect 2 feminine singular תַּאַרְגִי Judg 16:13, 3 masculine plural יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ Isa 59:5 Participle אֹרֵג Exod 28:32 + 4 t.; plural אֹרְגִים Isa 19:9 + 5 t.; אֹרְגוֺת 2Kgs 23:7 — weave cloth, etc. Isa 19:9 (in Egypt) 2Kgs 23:7, Samson's locks Judg 16:13 metaphor weave spider's web = intrigue Isa 59:5 most often Participle used as substantive = weaver Isa 38:12 work of the weaver ׳ מעשׂה א Exod 28:32; Exod 39:22; Exod 39:27 compare Exod 35:35 weavers' beam (plural) ׳ מְנוֺר א 1Sam 17:7; 2Sam 21:19; 1Chr 11:23; 1Chr 20:5 (simile of huge spear-shaft) — compare also below יַעֲרֵי ארגים.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארג (ah-rag’)

Judges 16:13

KJV: And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

EHCC: If thou weavest the seven locks

Isaiah 59:5

KJV: They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.cockatrice’: or, adder’scrushed…: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper

EHCC: and weave the spider's web:

Exodus 28:52

EHCC: it shall have ₪ binding of woven work (lit.

Exodus 89:22

EHCC: the robe of the ephod (of) woven work,

2 Kings 23:7

KJV: And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.hangings: Heb. houses

EHCC: where the women wove hangings

1 Chronicles 11:23

KJV: And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.great…: Heb. measure

EHCC: a spear like a weaver’s beam ;

1 Chronicles 20:5

KJV: And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.Jair: also called, Jaare–oregim

EHCC: spear staff (was) like a weaver’s beam.

Isaiah 19:9

KJV: Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.networks: or, white works

EHCC: and they that weave networks,

Isaiah 38:12

KJV: Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.with…: or, from the thrum

EHCC: 1 have cut off like a weaver my life: ַ